By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Ramatu Aliyu, on her 51st birthday and conferment of a chieftancy title, Onyize of Ebira, by Ohinoyi, Dr Ado Ibrahim. In a congratulatory message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,...
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The Niger State Govenor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has felicitated former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), on his 79th birthday. Sani-Bello, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mrs Mary Noel-Berje, on Saturday in Minna eulogised Abubakar and described him as a “complete gentleman”. According to him,...
By GRACE AUDU, Abuja – As the National Assembly carries on the task of amending Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, the Women Political Participation Technical Working Group (WPP-TWG), has called for new provisions in the Constitution to include Gender as a benchmark for Federal Character and the creation of additional special...
The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHDA) says Gastroenteritis Infection has spread from 13 to 15 Local Government Areas of the state with death toll now at 37. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman of BSPHDA, made the data available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...
Jesus Midnight prayer will permanently make you a winner and also help you activate and actualise the will of God for your life. Jesus fought and won all his battles while on earth. When he was about to start his earthly ministry, he went into the wilderness to fast...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Drilling into the creative, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, last night highlighted the power and efficacy of photography in telling human stories including those of political actors in the country, and disclosed a personal past time of his as “a collector of rare and...
Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest Aviation Academy in Africa , in collaboration with Open University of UK has graduated fifteen management staff in Master of Business Administration /MBA/ on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The graduates are higher management staff of the airline who have been attending the MBA program...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – As part of activities to mark the June 12 Democracy Day, the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has empowered 1,200 women and youths in Zaki and Gamawa Local Government Areas of the state with cars, motorcycles and cash worth N150 million. The Governor who flagged...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Thousands of defectors from the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and other parties on Saturday formally pledged their allegiance to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying the development attests to the rising popularity of the...
Denmark star Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in Saturday’s Euro 2020 game against Finland in Copenhagen, causing the suspension of the match in the first half. Danish players were in tears as medical staff tried to revive the Inter Milan player, who suddenly collapsed near the touchline. “The...
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Saturday led principal officers of the red chamber on a visit to wounded soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Kaduna State. This according to the Senate President is part of programmes to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the ninth National Assembly....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a total weight of 15,325kilograms at the Onne seaport, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The substance, cough syrup with codeine (100mg), packed in 500 cartons and concealed in a container marked MRKU 1565305, bearing imported...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – BUA group of companies, makers of BUA Cement has donated school, hospital and other infrastructures worth N230 million to the relocated Gidan Bailu and Gidan Datti communities in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The gesture which has remained part of their yearly...
The police on Saturday shot teargas to disperse protesters in the Gudu area of Abuja and Ojota area of Lagos as the country marked Democracy Day on June 12. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gudu Junction to protest the state of the nation. Similar protests were held across...
Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj, state media reported. The hajj ministry said this year’s pilgrimage would be “open for nationals and residents of the kingdom, limited to 60,000 pilgrims”, according to the official Saudi Press Agency....
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Friday foiled a planned abduction on Prelude Comprehensive College, Kujama area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandit attack was foiled following receipt of credible intelligence by the troops and Police operatives who mobilized to the targeted school. Confirming the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the clampdown on peaceful protesters on Democracy Day. The party in a statement signed on Saturday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbodiyan said “the brutal clampdown on Nigerian citizens is sacrilegious” “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns, in the strongest term ever, the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has called for dialogue in resolving all the challenges facing Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement on Saturday, Gbajabiamila said since the return of democratic governance in 1999, Nigeria had witnessed progress and development. According to him, this can be...